Tyranny Dbq

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During, May 1787 in Philadelphia there was fundamental principles of laws either state or nation which was called the Constitution. If there was no Constitution there would be a tyranny. You are asking, “What is a tyranny?” A tyranny is basically lots of power in someone hands it’s held by a group of people or it’s self, they have all the control. A tyranny can be like your worst enemy, it would take your will, over and over again. Before the Constitution and tyranny taking over there was the Articles of Confederation which the American colonists thought it would work as power and use that to be able to get rid of tyranny. But it was a failure, that didn't work at all because it was missing a central government, no court system, and no president, …show more content…

Federalism is to divide power into central and state government. In document A, it shows differences between a central government and a state government. In the central government it can regulate trade, declare war, make immigration laws, print and coin money, and as a state government it can hold elections, establish schools, set up local government, pass marriage and divorce laws. The central and state government have a lot of power, so they shouldn’t be controlling everything. Basically, federalism is being protected against tyranny because the states can’t take over any federal power as well as federal government can’t take no control of state …show more content…

Separation of power is to divide the government into the tree branches, which are legislature, executive, judiciary. In document B, James Madison says, “ The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judicial, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may be justly pronounced the very definition of tyranny…” This means that the three branches have different powers is whether of one or a few or many. In article 1, section 1 it says that legislative powers only have the congress, in article 2, section 1, clause 1, it says that the executive powers only have the president, and in article 3, section 1, it says that the judicial power can only be invested in one Supreme Court, and the highest courts of the nations. Every branch is different from each other, the Constitution prevents the branches to gain power from the other branches, because they all different. The Constitution protects us from tyranny by separation of

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